🐝 Bee Forage Bloom Calendar for Springfield, MO (65803)

What's flowering for honey bees near Springfield, MO (Ozark Plateau (Springfield Plain, southwest Missouri)), month by month — 39 local nectar and pollen sources.

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Named honey flows

Black Locust/Fruit Bloom Spring Flow (minor): Apr–May
Black Locust flow (minor): Apr–May
Clover/Basswood main flow (major): May–Jul
Summer dearth (July gap) (minor): Jul
Fall goldenrod/aster flow (major): Aug–Oct

Bloom timing by plant

Plant	Scientific name	Category	Bloom months	Forage value
Silver Maple	Acer saccharinum	Trees	Feb–Mar	medium
Red Maple	Acer rubrum	Trees	Feb–Mar	medium
Eastern Redbud	Cercis canadensis	Trees	Mar–Apr	medium
Wild Plum	Prunus americana	Trees	Mar–Apr	medium
Dandelion	Taraxacum officinale	Wildflowers & Weeds	Mar–May	medium
Henbit	Lamium amplexicaule	Wildflowers & Weeds	Mar–Apr	medium
Purple Deadnettle	Lamium purpureum	Wildflowers & Weeds	Mar–Apr	medium
Flowering Dogwood	Cornus florida	Trees	Apr	low
Black Cherry	Prunus serotina	Trees	Apr–May	medium
Apple/Crabapple	Malus spp.	Trees	Apr	medium
Black Locust	Robinia pseudoacacia	Trees	Apr–May	high
Black Walnut	Juglans nigra	Trees	Apr–May	low
Blackberry	Rubus spp.	Shrubs & Vines	Apr–May	high
Crimson Clover	Trifolium incarnatum	Clover & Legumes	Apr–May	medium
American Holly/Possumhaw excluded - Tuliptree	Liriodendron tulipifera	Trees	May	high
Persimmon	Diospyros virginiana	Trees	May–Jun	medium
Multiflora Rose	Rosa multiflora	Shrubs & Vines	May–Jun	medium
Wild Grape	Vitis spp.	Shrubs & Vines	May–Jun	low
Japanese Honeysuckle	Lonicera japonica	Shrubs & Vines	May–Jul	medium
White Clover	Trifolium repens	Clover & Legumes	May–Jul	high
Red Clover	Trifolium pratense	Clover & Legumes	May–Aug	medium
Sweet Clover (White & Yellow)	Melilotus albus / M. officinalis	Clover & Legumes	May–Aug	high
Black Medic	Medicago lupulina	Clover & Legumes	May–Sep	low
Common Milkweed	Asclepias syriaca	Wildflowers & Weeds	May–Jun	high
Sourwood	Oxydendrum arboreum	Trees	Jun–Jul	medium
Basswood (American Linden)	Tilia americana	Trees	Jun	high
Trumpet Creeper	Campsis radicans	Shrubs & Vines	Jun–Aug	low
Elderberry	Sambucus canadensis	Shrubs & Vines	Jun–Jul	medium
Buttonbush	Cephalanthus occidentalis	Shrubs & Vines	Jun–Jul	medium
Alfalfa	Medicago sativa	Clover & Legumes	Jun–Aug	medium
Wild Bergamot	Monarda fistulosa	Wildflowers & Weeds	Jun–Aug	medium
Queen Anne's Lace	Daucus carota	Wildflowers & Weeds	Jun–Aug	low
Partridge Pea	Chamaecrista fasciculata	Clover & Legumes	Jul–Sep	medium
Ironweed	Vernonia baldwinii	Wildflowers & Weeds	Jul–Sep	medium
Sericea Lespedeza	Lespedeza cuneata	Wildflowers & Weeds	Jul–Sep	medium
Common Sunflower	Helianthus annuus	Wildflowers & Weeds	Jul–Sep	medium
Spanish Needles / Beggarticks	Bidens bipinnata / Bidens spp.	Wildflowers & Weeds	Aug–Oct	high
Goldenrod (Missouri & Canada)	Solidago missouriensis / S. canadensis	Wildflowers & Weeds	Aug–Oct	high
New England Aster / Heath Aster	Symphyotrichum novae-angliae / S. ericoides	Wildflowers & Weeds	Sep–Oct	high